Shipping-receptacle.



M. LACHMAN.

SHIPPING RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1913.

Patented May 4, 1915.

WITNESSES Q me/ 0 1 776? u 72 i' i/pa/zmin ATTORNEYS MAURICE manner, or nnwfizonx, n.1, assrermn. no Lace 1 COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPOTION OF DELAWARE.

ING-REGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

I Patented ay a, 1915'.

Application filed April 12, 1913. Eerie! No. 760,595.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE LAOHMAN,

a citizen of the United States,and a resident 1 of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sh1p ping-Receptacles, a specification.

My present invention relates to shipping receptacles and more particularly. .to the manner of securing the heads to the body in non-metallic containers.

The object of the invention is to provide simple, chea and eiiicient means for secur ing the bee s to the body and at the same time to rovide reinforcing means for strengthening the surface of the head to keep it from bulging out of its rim. I

The invention is particularly applicable and is specially designed for non-metallic containers in which the body and main closure of the heads are made of paper or some similar material, the closure for'the heads being held in a metal rim which is secured to the body when the heads are fasi'em. II

The invention consists in the novel construction of container hereinafter more particularly described and then specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through a shipping receptacle constructed in accordance with my present invention in one of its forms. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sets of stay members, the heads and body being removed for clearness, and showing an arrangement when two sets of reversely arranged stay members are employed. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a shipping receptacle havin the arrangement illustrated in Fig. 3 app ied thereto.

The receptacle consists of a hollow body portion preferably open at both ends, which ends are closed by heads suitably secured'to the body as hereinafter described. The body, when the invention is applied to kegs or barrels, preferably consists of a cylinder of paper or other similar non-metallic material 1 formed preferably of a number of layers of paper superimposed on each other, as by spinning, and compressed into a solid mass, the various layers being united by a suitable glue, cement or other adhesive whereby a very rigid wall is attained. The

of which the following is the edge across one of the heads ends of the and the free ends of I r of forming the cylinder or specific mann body forms no part 'of this invention and further description will be dispensed with Preferably the cylinder 1 is provided at its ends with hoo s or bands of metal 2 fitting closely around the cylinder 1 and may be either on the outside or inside of the body or cylinder. Also if desired the hoops or hands 2 may be provided with integral lateral flanges 3 resting upon and protecting of body and act to prevent fraying or tearing of the raw edge of the paper. The heads may be of any desired construction, a preferableone consisting of a paper disk 4 the edges of which are held between inwardly projecting flanges 5, 6 of an annular metal rim'7. The rim 7 is also provided with an outwardly projecting flange 8 disposed in ahigher plane than the dance 5 and 6 and which seats on the end the body. I

9 indicates a -shaped metallic stay member formed of wire, fiat strips or any other desired shape in cross'section. The sides of the stay member are disposed longitudinally ofthc body or cylinder 1 and preferably' lie in close proximity to the surface thereof while the base passes diagonally and preferably bears against the outer surface thereof. The free U-shaped member project beyond the opposite end of the cylinder and when the head for this end is placed on the body, the free ends of the member 9 are clenchedover the rim and. hold it to the body. 1

10 indicates a. secondfU-shaped member disposed at right an Ice to the member 9, the base of this mein rpreferably bearing against the surface of the head which is held by the tIH'IGGChOl'BfGIldS of the member 9 the member 10 being clenched over the rim of the head which is engaged by the base of the member 9.

The bases of the members 9' and 10 may, if desired, be secured to the head which they bear against and also if desired the sides of said members may be fastened in any suitable manner to the hoops or hands 2 at the crossing points, thus preventing any displacement of the members about the body. Instead of having the alternate arrangement of single members as shown in Figs.

N mfnnonac'ruame trated in Fig. 3 may be employed. In this the member 10.

arrangement a second U-shaped member 12 so arranged that its base intersects the bass of the member 9 is provided while a member 13 is similarly arranged with respect to The bases of each of these pairs are preferably welded together at the intersecting points and the sides of one pair or set of members intermesh with-the sides of the other set, whereby the bases engage opposite heads and the free ends of the two sets of members engage the other heads. Obviously any desired number of members may be arranged in a set and if desired the heads may be secured in any suitable manner to the bases. If desired but one set' of U-shaped members maybe employed to fasten both heads. By this construction a simple means of tastening theheads is provided and at the same time a reinforcement for the head is provided to prevent the paper disk 4 springing out ofthe rim during I handling when the receptacle is loaded.

' It will be understood that various modifications in the details of construction and arrangement shown and described might be resorted to without departing from the spirit of this invention as set forth in the ap pended claims.

What it claim as my invention is:

1. In a shipping receptacle, the combination with a cylindrical hollow body, heads for closing-each end of said hollow body, rigid U-shaped stay members, the base of said stay members bearing against a head, hooks formed upon the free ends of said means stay members andcngaging the opposite end to retain said head within said body.

2. In a shipping receptacle, the combination of a cylindrical bod ,heads for closing said body, rigid U-shape metallic stayme'mhers, each stay member having its base bearing against the outer surface of a head and having the legs of the said staymember extending longitudinally adjacent the outer surface of the body member, and hooks pro vided upon the free ends of said stay members, said hooks engaging the rim of said cylindrical body to retain said stay members in position.

3. In a shipping receptacle, the combination of a hollow paper body, a head for closing an end of said paper body, a rigid U- shaped stay member having its base hearing against and crossing said head to maintain said head in position Within said body, the legs of said U shaped stay member extending parallel to the axis of said body and closely adjacent-the outer surface of said body, and means formed upon the free ends of said legs and cooperating with the rim of said body to maintain said stay in p0sition.-

' Signed at New York in the county of New York and State oi' New York this 10th day of April A. D. 1913.

MAIGE LACHMAN.

Witnesses:

F. B. Townsnno, K. M. Moments. 

